Safety App Of The Week
November 17, 2014 No Comments
Below is this week’s “Safety App of the Week“. Every Monday we publish an article that reviews and rates a new workplace safety app. Our testing is done on Apple iPads and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3s. We rate each app from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥ (♥♥♥♥♥ is the best). Prior app of the week articles are archived here.
Official Description
“The Grainger app is designed to deliver all that Grainger.com® has to offer no matter where the job takes you. Use the app to quickly narrow down your search, check account pricing, or check item availability at a nearby branch.
#Real-Time Availability — Get an expected arrival date.
#Order History — Check the status of a current order.
#Pending Orders — Keep track of all the orders waiting for your approval.
#Live Chat with Photo — Have questions? Upload a photo and get answers.
#Voice Search — It’s really handy if you speak faster than you type.
#Product Reviews — It’s good to know what others think of an item before you buy.”1
Thumbs Up
- cost is free
- easy to navigate, no instructions needed
- basically this app is a product catalog of thousands of safety and health products
- shows the price of each product
- shows comparable products for each item
- can order any of these safety products using this app
Thumbs Down
- product descriptions are too short
- no guides provided to help you make your selections
- no information provided on either fitting or maintaining the product
Overall Rating
- iPad / iPhone – ♥♥♥
- Android – ♥♥♥
- Overall – a good way to quickly check prices on a variety of safety products, the “comparables” section will help you find cheaper alternative safety products
¹ Description courtesy of iTunes
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